Experimental Physics and
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"Garrett D. Rinehart" <[email protected]> · Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:04:53 -0600 (CST)

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> Subject: in search of:  high current binary output device
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> Dear Tech-Talk
> 	I need to find a high current (15 mA at +5V) binary output device
> to drive a relay.  Typical TTL output devices, like the XYCOM XVME-240, do
> not provide enough current at 5V.
> 	If anybody knows of such a device, and if there is existing EPICS
> support for it, that would be excellent.
> 	I know of one suitable device, the Matrix DO-64 (see a description
> at http://www.matrix.com/DO64.html) but I don't know if any support for it
> exists in EPICS.
> 					thanks,
> 						Steve Pate
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Would the Acromag 9440 suit your needs? It has 16 SSR outputs which can be used 
to switch an external power supply up to 55Vdc at 1A. Not the fastest thing in 
the world but, depending on the application, may be just the thing you need. We 
use a bunch of 'em (mostly for inputs).

Garrett Rinehart
Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Ave
Argonne, IL  60439
(630)252-6561

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

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